Robert B. Kent · 1995
Kent reviews the 1992 fourth edition of the Atlas de Colombia as one of six Latin American national atlases. He notes that the introduction states the atlas was produced entirely by Colombian personnel. The 321-page volume is divided into an introduction, eight chapters and an appendix; nearly 40 percent consists of reference maps, including twelve regional spreads with topographic maps, aerial-perspective drawings, thematic maps and photographs, plus an administrative-geography chapter with departmental and city maps. Kent observes that only about a third of the atlas is thematic, organized into physical, human and economic geography chapters, and that the opening astronomical and earth-science material does not deal specifically with Colombia. The volume ends with historical cartography, a place-name index and a general bibliography.
